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Look not at the waves, nor at the wind, at the state of the world, much less listen to their doubtful opinions, but stay closeto Me and stand up for Me! (I:17)Its a fine balance to know when something becomes a distraction, or whether its something I want to use to draw youcloser to Me. (I:115)Stay close to Me, the One Who can ensure your safety, your health and your survival, wherever you are! (I:129)The desired results of all Im doing in your life is you and each of you becoming that person I want you to be: a personthat is close to Me, that trusts Me, that relies on nothing but Me and that wont be shaken because you stand on Me, thefirm foundation, clings to Me, the Author and finisher, and is satisfied by Me, the great Filler of all things. (I:177)Youve each got your unique talents and calling, your natural swing or umph or momentum, that thing which is yourpersonal special contribution to this enterprise. Some of you are still looking for theirs, but youre all going to find it if youstay close to Me, keep coming to Me for every move and every decision. (I:224)Allowing certain apparent injustices to happen either draws folks closer to Me, or they self-righteously harden their heartsagainst Me. (I:333)If you fail in some area, Ill use it to draw you closer to Me. (I:361)What is important is that you stay faithful and close to Me.Stay close to Me for true life, and don't let Satan fool you and lure you away from My side!Just stay close, that's your personal secret to success and the key to your future! (I:415)When your emotional priorities don't coincide with Mine, and the things I know are really the best for you, then I'm havingto make use of the right you've granted Me to "do whatever it takes" in your life to draw you closer to Me and to get thebest possible result and the greatest potential usefulness out of your life, even overriding your personal desires, which aresimply not always in line with what's good or best for you in the spirit.So, consider it a compliment and a token of My Love for you when things are going rough in the physical, because thatmeans I'm drawing you closer to Me and into My spiritual Realm! (I:476)Take Me with you wherever you go, and stay close to Me and on My wavelength! (I:484)The important thing is to keep trusting in Me, no matter what, knowing that whatever happens is good for you, and thecloser you stay to Me and the more you love Me, the better it will be for you - whatever happens.I just require everyone to do what you can, humbly, and to stay close to Me, to trust that I'll do for you what you can't. (I:559)I want to pull you ever closer, and while I'm proud of the progress you've already made, I also see what's still lacking inyour life, and how much closer you could still come, and have got to come in order for Me to really effectively andefficiently use you. (I:560)Staying close to Me may not yield the immediate, cheap thrill of the flesh, but a longer-lasting, more genuine and realsatisfaction, which will not only benefit you but others as well. (I:576)Every little progress you make, every step you take that brings you closer to Me, is a bit of new ground gained for theKingdom, and another victory over the enemy! (I:589)Often the more desperate you feel, the more useless, and the less "holy" you feel, the closer you really are to Me, whereaswhen you think you're so right and you're so convinced that the other party is wrong, you might actually be in for a bigsurprise. (II:4)It's not the feelings that count or indicate how close you are to Me. (II:8)Closeness to Me will make you freer than you've ever been. (II:12)You are on enemy territory, and it's scary, dangerous, and not to be taken lightly. Make sure that you're always close to Me,in tune with Me, and not letting go of My hand!Your incapability to make it on your own is actually your fort. It's your safeguard and anchor that keeps you close to Me.(II:21)

Don't keep your eyes on the "impossibilities" of your circumstances, but on Me and the fact that they each come from Myhand, only to draw you closer to Me! (II:54)

Your loneliness is a godly loneliness; a solitude I use to draw you closer to Me, to strengthen our ties, to make your faithand convictions grow and enhance our relationship. (II:79)Even My very own people, if they don't stay close to Me, can stumble, and become the very opposite of what they were andwere supposed to be, and become My very enemies!The way that churches persecuted other believers shows that anyone who doesn't stay close to Me can turn into an oldbottle, and they can move from the arena into the grandstands, turn from martyr into persecutor.Its pretty easy to stray from the straight and narrow. This should always serve as a reminder to stay close to Me and that"he that thinketh he standeth, let him take heed lest he fall."You can only ensure that My grace will stay upon you by desperately staying close to Me, staying connected with Me andMy Word.So if you want to be a blessing to others instead of a burden, and if you want to remain a blessing until the end of yourdays, make sure you stay humble, stay close to Me!Many have fallen victim to pride and the carnal mind frame of the world, considering worldly values higher than truth andcloseness to Me.The line between potentially becoming either a Cain or an Abel is very thin, which should be a reason to always staydesperately close to Me, and to stay desperate for My grace. (II:145)Be not deceived, but stick close to Me and My counsel, and I will let you in on what's really going on, no matter what thingsappear to be on the surface! (II:146)Always keep on guard by keeping close to Me! (II:148)I use those times when you are alone to draw you much closer to Me than I ever could while you're distracted by others.(II:165)

How I measure success or closeness to Me? The greater your trust in Me, the better off you'll be! (II:166)Thats where I want you: closer! And that's where you're going to be: closer. Closer to Me and closer to My Kingdom, closerto the truth! (II:183)Stick close to Me and get your instructions from Me about what I want you to give to those around you! (II:184)Faith is a drawing power drawing you closer to Me. (II:196)Since you sincerely want to make progress and come closer to Me, I'm showing you your enemy and what hinders you.The pride that makes you think you're better than God, the root of all sin, is what keeps you from truly drawing closer toMe!(II:202)

Your weakness is the very thing that keeps you close to Me! (II:220)I'm even using your faults to draw you closer to Me. (II:231)Loving Me is tool and an instrument to propel you forward for Me, it signifies progress, coming closer to Me, which alwaysmeans leaving the old behind. (II:262)Everybody needs to experience some pain in life, and it is the pain, not the easy times, that makes you grow and bringsyou closer to Me. (II:290)Stay close to Me and let Me whisper My Words in your ears!Whatever good you'll do, if it's supposed to be something lasting and truly fruitful, will only be a result of your times spentwith Me and of your closeness with Me, your knowing Me.Absorb Me, become like Me by learning of Me, listening to Me, loving Me and spending time with Me! (II:299)Trust Me that each stumble will be another fall upward, closer to Me, closer to My arms, and that I will always be there tocatch you! (II:305)It's exciting, when you're aware of those trials and tests just serving to bring you yet another step closer to Me. (II:320)Keep believing that when you go through a trial, a hard time or a test, that it will serve to bring you closer to Me! (II:321)The closer you have come to Me and to My side and shown that you really mean business with Me, the more the devil haswithdrawn his appearances of false peace from you, now that you're getting more serious about fighting him, instead ofcoexisting peacefully! (II:340)

Desperation is good for you; it drives you closer to Me. (II:341)

View your "problems" not as curses, but as blessings in disguise, for they are precisely what keeps you close to Me. (III:285)If you dont stay really close to Me things will just stop making sense. Thats why its absolutely essential that you fight forthat daily time with Me and let nothing and no one usurp it!I keep having to tell you the same thing, because its just so easy for you to underestimate the importance of this matter.Its simply so much easier for you to dedicate your attention to the visible things and people around you, than to invisibleMe and My Realm (2011:50)Nothing draws you closer to Me than the experience of your own insufficiency. (2011:69)Find a treasure much greater than any and all things you might have to let go in this life, and count them not loss, butgains, in that they bring you closer to Me! (2011:113)Make sure youll anticipate any potential crisis by staying as close to Me as you can at all times. (2011:144)Draw closer to Me, as I am not only the Mediator between you and the Father, but I also serve as a mediator and helper inyour communications with each other. (2012:10)Im not leaving you that easily, but it sure helps you to stay close, when I allow you to feel a bit abandoned at times whenyou dont. (2012:143)Lessons you learn from the fights and daily battles: The weakened state you wind up in when youve been knocked for aloop, draws you closer to Me because you realize you need Me, and thus you turn to Me and find strength in Me, findingresulting strength from experiencing weakness. Hence, When I am weak, then I am strong. In other words, you becomestrong through the experience of weakness. Your goal is the strength you find in Me. (2012:166)For My followers and brides, every day is a bit of an adventure to make you grateful that you made it through another dayalive and without major disruptionsIt thus behooves you to stay close to Me at all times. (2013:20)As things are just going a little uphill, you tend to put your confidence more in yourself and the circumstances than Me, butthats a dangerous thing to do, because its pretty much an illusion. Ive got to be your strength and what you rely on,otherwise youll be just as sunk as anyone else who puts their trust in the flesh. Be glad Im saving you from that fate bykeeping you close to Me by keeping you down to the ground of that reality when your mind and attitude are about to takeoff into the clouds again (2013:21)Im working on drawing you closer to Me through this, closer than you are to anyone else in this world, but as you will see,theres really nothing wrong with that, but its truly the way its supposed to be. (2013:34)I honor even the attempts youre making, and any steps youre taking closer toward Me, even if most of the times they windup in your stumbling. (2013:37)If youre not feeling as close to Me, its not necessarily on My account, but you just happened to let Me slip from your mindin all your feverish attempts to please the crowdSo, try to keep Me on your mind a bit more in all you do, and see what itll do for you. (2013:43)You dont have to crawl around through the dirt, when I would give you wings to fly high above it, if youd just come to Me.(2013:46)

Keep on learning, keep on believing, keep drawing closer to Me, and keep on trusting that Im greater than any and all ofyour circumstances, and you might get there! (2013:58)If you would draw close to Me the way you should, you would also learn how to love Me and to be loved by Me the way youshould. Its a matter of taking the time and letting all other matters and affairs fade into the background, forsaking them allfor Me and letting Me become the paramount Object of your focus and attention. (2013:59)As long as you stay close to Me and make that effort to get My slant on things, youre fairly safe. (2013:91)Even the seemingly bad things that happen in your life are for your best; they always work out toward drawing you closerto Me. (2013:122)The fact that you cant quite figure out where things are leading you keep you closer to Me to find My way and explanationof things (2014:14)

If you feel somewhat closer to death somehow, just let it make you feel closer to Me! Just let the whole experience makeyou feel closer to Me! (2014:20)It may look like something bad for you since Im allowing things to make you need Me more than before, but if you keep inmind that the world keeps getting worse, itll make sense for you to continue to get closer again to Me. (2014:36)Some negative things happen in order to bring you closer to Me! (2014:51)Receiving some input from Me should keep you closer to Me.Scenes in life that give you a harder time trying to make it without Me, draw you closer to Me, and youll see them as anadvantage in the long run, since getting closer to Me will turn out as a better status youll be in. (2014:55)Be sure Im keeping you close to Me, even if it seems a bit of a tough road to you.Closer to Me, and closer to the end of the world, or your end in this world Life in the world as it is cant last forever, soyou might want to get used a little more to what itll be like afterwards, when and where youll be closer to Me. (2014:56)As long as you feel closer to Me than to the world there wont be many of the world wholl understand you But youllhave a greater World ready to understand and welcome you after this life is over. (2014:61)One reason of having to go through what you have to is to find your way to get back closer to Me! Forsake all those waysand tactics and techniques that have been developing you further away from Me.If you look at your weaknesses without Me, you may be overcome by them and the enemy will try to use them to gain thevictory over you.See, theres a reason why its extremely important for you to stay close to Me, and why you should do it and keep doing it!Theres a method to survive and win the battle, and thats to stay close to Me! (2014:88)Stay close to Me as the Giver of the Godly Force the enemy cannot win over!Stay close to Me, no matter what goes on! (2014:92)Just see something good in it, that youre still being drawn close to Me! (2014:93)When Youve got a rough time, just hang on to Me; ask Me for help, and let it cause you to be drawn closer to Me! Let thetough and difficult times serve you to show and teach you how close I am, and helpful I can be!Be thankful for My drawing you closer to Me! (2014:114)Its sometimes good to realize that the physical life isnt perfect and may be a tough life sometimes, and folks may wish itwould run differently, but at least it draws them closer to Me, and since life hereafter lasts a lot longer, youll be grateful inthe end for lessons that brought you closer to Me during your physical lifetime. (2014:125)Its the time to get back into connection with Me, and doing things to prepare you for whats coming. Get back into somemore action for MeI think you can tell that this world isnt going on forever. Be more prepared for whats coming! And thats something thatrequires staying in tune with Me. (2014:144)Stay close to Me, and try to get ever closer, even if times for you are being a bit rough and might even turn rougher. Try toremember to keep Me and My connection with you as the most important and significant factor! Let it help you to grow evercloser to Me, reminding you that the direction I lead My followers is basically out of this world. (2014:149)When the world was looking too good for you to prepare for My coming, or the coming of the AC before that, or whatevercrisis, there wasnt much motivation that made you get closer to MeSo, letting the world become the world again, the way you remembered some of it, just reminds you theres somethingbetter waiting for you and drives you back closer to Me.You need to stick close to Me and cannot just count on things continuing as safely as theyve been for you, if you neglectthe factors that made the safe time for you happen. (2014:150)Even though the present time may be much tougher for you, and so much harder, whatevers harder in life will draw youcloser to Us, youll see! (2014:152)Since I, the Father and our saints and heavenly helpers are the only hope for folks like you to make it through whatscoming, you better get closer to Us and learn how to depend on Us and get ready and prepared for whats coming. (2014:153)Just keep going, and hang on and hold on a little more to Me come a little closer! (2014:154)Times that arent easy and force My followers to become more desperate for Me and My interception, are rather somethinggood than a bad thing. They draw you closer to Me. And trust Me, thats an advantage you will recognize some day youneeded. (2014:156)

Stay close to Me, no matter how good and easy the times may be! (2014:158)When your days feel and seem like rotten, its a good time to come close to Me and have Me fix things up for you. (2014:161)The closer you are and will be to Me, the better off youll be. So, come closer! (2014:167)If youre going through rough times that draw you next to Me, looking and asking for help, youre getting closer to Me thanwhen all things run perfectly and normally. When you need My help more desperately, youre growing closer to Me, and,believe Me: Thats no disadvantage! (2014:170)There are reasons why it pays off to stay and stick close to Me and not drift too far away without paying attention todangers that could snap up on you. (2014:174)Be close to Me! Dont get too tied up with this world anymore, since most of its chiefs effort is to draw and pull you awayfrom Me! If anything this lessons supposed to teach you, its for you to stay close to Me, not to let the enemy sidetrack youand lure you away from Me.Even if things arent working out for you the way they used to, just recognize that it just might mean you ought to staycloser to Me! (2014:178)Stay close to Us and realize how dependent you are on Us when the enemy pretty much rules the world in which youreliving! (2014:197)Allowing you to become a little afraid is just the fact that We know that itll draw you closer to Me and Us, which is a factorthat will definitely raise up your possibility of making it through the rough future. (2015:6)Staying closer to Me than before is definitely a good move!Stay close to Me! Try to stay as tuned to Me and My Spirit as much as you possibly can, for you need Me a bit more thanever before, and that condition will continue to grow as time goes on.I use defeat to draw you closer to Me.Hard and tough times will draw you closer toward Me. These factors sometimes help you to improve and behave better.And thus, itll all work out to draw you closer to each other, as well as closer to Me. One of the advantages of desperatetimes. (2015:12)Only with My Help youre able to make it. Thats precisely what should get you closer to and more dependent on Me and MyStrength and Capacity. (2015:14)If you cling close to Us and even get closer, the better off youll be in the end. (2015:20)Hanging on to Me and becoming more dependent on My and Heavens help should draw us closer, and get you more intoMy gear and way of doing things. (2015:32)Maybe if youll keep a little closer to Me, itll get better and easier, and youll make it in the end! (2015:35)A tough life for someone who knows Me is a sign that he needs to get closer to Me. (2015:36)Stay close in spirit and let Me fill you as soon as you need something! If its getting more difficult with circumstancesaround you, dont let it distract you too much from Me, but learn to fight to stay close to Me anyway!Do all you can to stay close to Me!The closer I am to you, the more the light will shine through. So, dont let yourself drift away from Me, but do all you can tostay as close to Me as you can!I know sometimes its hard, but youve just got to learn how to make it to stay close to Me in spite of it!Getting, leaning and staying close to Me is more important than ever.So, make an effort right now to learn to get and stay as close to Me and the heavenly Spirit World as you can! (2015:45)When life gets rough, its a good occasion to get into serious connection with Me to either ask for help or some revelationas to whats going on. It might also mean that you should get into some desperate prayer to beg Me for My help andsalvation out of a serious mess situation. So, one way or the other, it means you should cling to Me, come closer to Me andseek Me more than before take Me more seriously. (2015:50)I want you to enjoy life as much as you can, in spite of the hardships, but I also need you to learn and keep it mind, that alot of the positive things in life depend on your connection with Me, that you make sure you dont neglect it, but stay closeto it, and even get closer to Me than before, since the times coming pretty much demand it, if you want to make it throughthem. (2015:52)Im definitely going to need some followers who manage to stay close to Me during those dark days of the Endtime. (2015:53)

There arent nearly as many folks whose help you can reckon with these days, which draws you closer to Me and My help,which trust Me is the best option for you to choose. (2015:56)Cling to Me and pay all the attention to Me that you can manage, for now is the time to get into that and cling more tightlyand closely to Me than you ever had to in this life! (2015:60)Im usually a lot closer to those who are not feeling that much at home in that world down there, even if its pretty muchwhat their memory of experience would bring back to them but they still somehow expect something better than whatcan be received or experienced down there. (2015:61)Come closer to Me, and soon you will see: things get easier that way relying on Me to solve the problems or at least helpyou make it through them. (2015:67)The closer you get to Me, the greater your chances will be to make it through these times there on Earth, where youvenever really felt too much at home, but things are starting to get even worse somehow. (2015:68)Dont just see your weakened state as something negative, but since it draws you closer to Me and strengthens yourattitude and conscience of dependence on Me, you should see it as something positive, drawing you closer to Me anddriving a greater need for Me into your conscience, which is something quite necessary for you in your worlds future andupcoming fate. (2015:73)Just see the tough and hard times youre going through as times to draw you closer to Me! The closer to Me you are or get,the better off youll be in the long run; youll see! (2015:80)The hard times are drawing you closer to Me and make you avail yourself of My help, and thus prepare you for even harderand tougher times you might have to face in the future.See the good sides of those bad times, of drawing you closer to Me, which is pretty much the best thing that couldpossibly happen to you!Even if some of the current situations around you tempt you to worry a bit: use it to let you be drawn closer to Me, anddont let any of those nasty situations irritate or drag you down!The closer you get to Me, the greater and more awesome your life will be! So, dont be too shocked or dismayed by therough times youre finding yourself having to go through, but remember that these draw you closer to Me, and thus willresult in positive force in your life, rather than the negative it may initially seem to you.Just get closer to Me, and feel more at Home Here, where youll wind up after youll have been through that spectacle downthere, just as I had been, but eventually, like Me, youll wind up in the better Place far beyond the temporal world, and farsuperiorSo, stay as close to Us as you can, and you wont regret it, I guarantee. (2015:84)I know, its a tough battle, and a hard one to get through, but the closer it draws you to Me, and the more it makes youdepend on Me and causes you to rely on Me instead of yourself and your own abilities, the more of an advantage of beingtaught wisdom thatll help you through the times to come! (2015:86)I know your lifes taken a rough turn, and, well, it takes some time to deal with it and handle it, but most of all, stay close toMe, and get closer!You may not have a big clue about what youre supposed to do with the rest of your life, but just stay close to and in tunewith Me, and I promise, youll find out! (2015:89)Being drawn closer to Me will turn out to be a definitely positive thing for you, youll see!What draws you closer to Me, makes you more humble, more desperate, and feel more dependent on Me. (2015:95)Drawing you closer to Me means and results in greater communication with Me, but also greater dependence on Me, fueledby growing faith that I wont let you down! (2015:100)The purpose for all that trouble and worries and frets about it: to draw you closer to Me and help you to gain solid trust andconfidence in Me, believing that Ill see you through whatever rough times should come. (2015:103)Learn to stay close to Me throughout the days! A time is coming when you wont be able to make it on your own anymore.(2015:104)

Make an effort to stay close to Me, in order to overcome the enemys doubts and attacks, and not be caused by thoughts ofthings from your visible world to be sidetracked Try to get a glimpse of whats awaiting you Here!Surviving whats coming will depend on your connection to Me. Thats why Im pulling you so much closer these days andam working on making you more aware of your dependence on Me. (2015:107)

If life has gotten harder for you than it was before, dont just see it as a disadvantage, but see it as an opportunity to comecloser to Me!Let that serve as a blessing to others, who might find Me through our closeness!Coming closer to Me is a great advantage in your life, and youll eventually see it as the greatest, and as what will help youmost making it through life in that world run by the enemy. So, whatever draws you closer to Me, even if its the negativesituations youre being confronted with in your life in that world, see it as something positive, anyway, since it tends todraw you closer to Me the positive result of the negative happenings, with the end-result of the best thing that canhappen to anyone, of being drawn closer to Me, getting onto the channel from Above more, and through becoming moredependent on Me, becoming a lot more positive and fruitful than when things were still working out alright for you in thesystem. (2015:112)Even if theres an ugly time right now, dont let it bring you down, but let it draw you closer to Me!So, if life is not so great for you right now, let it draw you closer to Me and teach you that thats the way things will turn outalright: by sticking close to Me to abide in Me, and I in you!(Jn.15:4)! (2015:118)Drawing you closer to Me and making you more conscious of the degree to which you need Me, and will need Me and Myhelp in times to come, are definitely some positive things when you know what I know about the future ahead of you!(2015:121)

Whatever draws you closer to Me, dont see it as a negative, but as a positive experience. (2015:126)Even though youre weakened, with no income of your own through any jobs consider the fact that this might bring youcloser to the way I want things to be for My followers, than the opposite, where folks are strong in their own flesh andinvesting it all into their efforts in earning money (2015:138)In a way, troubled times draw you closer to Me and strengthen your trust in Me, because you just need Me moredesperately and you become more dependent on Me. (2015:140)The best that can happen to you right now is to get prepared for tough times, and learn how to handle them, letting themcause you to lean closer to Me and My help, which is what youll surely need in the days to come. (2015:143)If you dont feel like youre having enough strength to make it, just realize that it will bring you closer to Me! (2015:145)If you feel like youre in extremely hard times during which you cant make it on your own, dont view it too negatively, butas something to draw you closer to Me and make your dependence on Me and your help from Above stronger, becauseyoull need it, according to the way the world is headed. (2015:146)The tough times draw you closer to Me and your heavenly help, make you more desperate for and dependent on it, andwell, thats what you need for the times to come. (2015:157)Youve gotten closer to Me, and you should keep staying headed that way! (2015:162)Its not ones physical abilities through which theyll manage to stay faithful to Me and in My service, but when someonesturning weak, not being able to rig everything up in their own strength draws them closer to Me. (2015:177)Youre pretty much bound to staying close to Me. My role in your life is whats becoming most important right now and inthe days to come.Drawing you closer to Me through needing Me and My input in order to cheer you up and help you make it through thoserough days somehow is supposed to make you get more used to the way the days and times of the coming future will be.(2015:190)

Drawing closer to Me will make it all more worth it, more precious (2015:211)As rough and as tough as circumstances may be, let them teach you to cling more to Me and help from above, and let themdraw you closer to Me! (2015:214)Hardly knowing how to make it through rough times should get you to cling closer to Me and My strength, power and helpfrom Above, and that of Heaven, thats available to you! (2015:238)Its important that you stay in tune with Me as much as you can, and you know that the advice of My Word says constantly.(2015:241)

Im allowing circumstances to tie you closer to Me and make you dependent on Our help from Above! (2016:3)The enemy will keep trying to make circumstances around you as tough as possible to discourage you and cause you tolose hope and be tempted to give up and quit. But instead, let it all make you stronger in your resistance against him, and

let it draw you closer to Me, avail yourself of that plenty of help from Up Here, and remember that you cant lose if you dontgive up, because that strength, Power and Source of it available from Up Here is much greater than his. (2016:6)The best way to get prepared for any drastic changes in life is to stay close to and dependent on Me and all the help fromAbove you can get. (2016:13)Keep your mind close to Me and Our heavenly Home, and let it bring forth in you the joy that will also attract others and willwant them to accept that offer I made through My sacrifice on Earth, and the Fathers! (2016:36)Let the rough times down there draw you closer to Me Up Here, your permanent Future Home! (2016:43)Dont the rough times somehow draw you closer to Me?Getting through the rough and tough times draws you closer to Me, than just basically striving for your own advantageswhen things are flowing normal.Its hard, having to go through tough times, but can you see a glimpse of their purpose, to draw you closer to Me and getyour vision set a bit more toward the Hereafter? (2016:46)Things not going so rosy is just what draws you closer to Me and makes you more desperate and dependent on Me, whichIve been telling you, is the only way to make it through those days to come so, preparation. (2016:58)Sometimes I allow My followers and believers to go through hard times even harder ones than they thought they wereable to bear in order to draw them closer to Me and make them need Me more when they had quite independent naturesbeforehand.Doesnt it draw you closer to Me when you feel you can hardly make it on your own anymore? (2016:63)Life isnt easy, but thats what should draw you closer to Me. Once you realize your need for Me, well, it just draws youcloser. (2016:69)The tough times cause you to cling closer to Me, and thus make you more receptive for all Ive got to offer you theStrengths of the Spirit, preparing you and getting you ready for the Thereafter. (2016:73)The lack of confidence whether or how youll make it through even the next few days, weeks or months, much less years issomething that will draw you closer to Me and make you more dependent on Me, which is a necessary process for thetimes to come. (2016:79)Come closer to Me, and you will see: it all wont end up dreadfully; even if there are the most dreadful times coming of allof history!The closer you get to Me, the easier things will be. (2016:82)